CREATE Sus-Syn at UBC

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Not all bioplastics are created equal U of M research suggests forest residuals provide cleaner feedstock for bio-based plastic than fossil fuels or row crops

Cool!

This Solar-Powered Skyscraper Is a Major Advance in Sustainable Design | Architectural Digest An Australian architecture firm has proposed the country’s first solar-powered skyscraper, which would rise 60 stories and generate more than 50 percent of its own power

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Home Page | Green Labs UBC’s Green Labs program provides UBC faculty, staff, and students an opportunity to learn more about how to make their labs greener—including products and services, ideas and even the chance to win prizes.

Interested in pursuing research abroad?

Undergrad/ grad students in Canada: Get international experience on your CV with a Research Award http://ow.ly/ssYiG

Mitacs Globalink, international research internship program, undergraduate internship, graduate... Mitacs Globalink international research internship program introduces Canada as a world-leading research and innovation destination to top undergraduate students from around the world. For 2013, Mitacs Globalink undergraduate internships will include students from India, China, Brazil and Mexico. Mi...

Check out this public talk on sustainable agriculture through biorefineries happening Tuesday, Jan. 21st from 7-8pm in downtown Vancouver

http://blogs.ubc.ca/biorenewablescafe/2014/01/07/january-biorenewables-cafe-3/

Biorenewables Café » Blog Archive » January Biorenewables Café In this café, Chris Bush will lead a friendly, informal discussion on sustainable agriculture through biorefineries. A sustainability pioneer from Abbotsford, Chris took the first anaerobic digester for agriculture in British Columbia from concept, through construction, to operation, and became the…